Services Planned for C.C. Renfro
Funeral services for C.C. Renfro of 4405 Normandy, a long time Dallas attorney, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in East Chapel of Hillcrest Mausoleum. Entombment to follow. Mr. Renfro, who died here Tuesday, was a native of Cooper and had lived in Dallas since 1920. For many years he had law offices in Dallas and represented insurance companies. For 30 years he was attorney for the mortgage loan department of Travelers Insurance Co. of Dallas. Although he never held pubic office, he was active in the conservative wing of the Democratic party for many years. He was a key figure in the struggle for control of the state party in 1944, when conservatives attempted to put uninstructed electors on the ballot in a revolt against the liberal trend of the national party organization. He was president of the Dallas Bar Association in 1935 and had been a member of the Dallas Downtown Lions Club. Survivors: Wife; two brothers, R.W. Renfro and James V. Renfro of Dallas and a sister, Mrs. E.H. Jones of Paducah.
[Source: Dallas Morning News; Dallas, TX; Thurs., 24 Dec 1964]

Obituary for Ruth Renfro:

Mrs. Ruth Renfro
Funeral Services for Mrs. Ruth Renfro, 80, of 4405 Normandy, a 57-year Dallas resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hillcrest Mausoleum East Chapel. She died Thursday in a Dallas hospital. She is survived by one brother and one sister.
[Source: Dallas Morning News; Dallas, TX; Sat. 13 Mar 1976]

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About Me

My favorite memories from childhood include visits to my grandparents in East Texas. At dusk we'd run around my grandparent's yard, catching fireflies and putting them in jelly jars. When darkness descended, we'd return to the porch. It was a special treat to sit in the porch swing. Inevitably, the adults would launch into family stories of Pink Kelley's brush with Sherman's troops, of Great Uncle Hood Brown's tragic death, and of the Kelley family's wagon trip to Texas, among many others. The stars on those nights were magical.

I began my genealogy research in the summer of 1975, less than a month after my high school graduation. When I married in 1983, I started researching my husband's family as well. I was fortunate to start this hobby as a youngster because it gave me an opportunity to correspond with researchers who are long gone; to ask questions of family members -although not enough, never enough; and travel a bit. The result is a lot of information. I've come to the realization that I will probably never be able to afford to publish, so this is my publication.

This blog contains a mixture of information on my husband's family and mine. I've expanded into a second blog called Flimsies and Frippery with the intention of focusing on quilts and dolls, but I have several historical research entries there with more planned, which is why I don't get more quilting done.

Ultimately, genealogy is my passion. This is where I plan to record family stories, research adventures and misadventures, and those serendipitous moments that happen out of the blue. You should be warned that I have a bad habit of going back and adding information and links to individual entries, so it is beneficial to check back often if there is a family of particular interest to you. If you wander in and discover that you are a cousin, please contact me.

Since many younger family members who are new to genealogy are starting to contact me about their ancestors, I've started adding family trees to help them see how everyone is connected. The trees are divided between my family and my husband's. You will find them below under the label's Family Trees - My Husband's Side and Family Trees - My Family's Side.

Porch Swing...

House built by my grandfather, Willie Sargent Chapman. The new owners put a porch swing in the spot where the original hung.